Ceanothus lemmonii |
Ceanothus masonii |
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Lemmon's ceanothus |
Bolinas ceanothus, Mason's ceanothus |
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Habit | Shrubs, evergreen, 0.5–1 m. Stems ascending to spreading, not rooting at nodes; branchlets pale green to grayish green and glaucous, not thorn-tipped, round in cross section, flexible to ± rigid, sparsely villosulous. | Shrubs, 0.6–2 m. Stems erect to ascending, not rooting at nodes; branchlets dark brown, rigid, ± tomentulose. |
Leaves | petiole 2–6 mm; blade flat, narrowly elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 13–35 × 6–15 mm, base cuneate to rounded, margins serrulate to denticulate most of length, not revolute, not wavy, teeth 34–45, apex acute to obtuse, abaxial surface pale green to grayish green and glaucous, villosulous, especially on veins, adaxial surface green, strigillose; pinnately veined or weakly 3-veined from base. |
not fascicled; petiole 1–2 mm; blade flat, usually elliptic or oval, sometimes suborbiculate, 7–21 × 4–13 mm, base rounded to ± cuneate, margins not revolute, denticulate most of length, teeth 9–17, apex obtuse, rounded to truncate, abaxial surface pale green to grayish green, strigose on veins, glabrate, adaxial surface dark green, glabrous. |
Inflorescences | axillary or terminal, umbel-like to racemelike, 2–6.5 cm. |
axillary, 1–2.5 cm. |
Flowers | sepals, petals, and nectary pale to deep blue. |
sepals, petals, and nectary deep blue to purple. |
Capsules | 3–4 mm wide, lobed near apex; valves smooth, crested. |
3–4 mm wide, not lobed; valves smooth, horns apical, minute, not rugose, intermediate ridges absent. |
2n | = 24. |
= 24. |
Ceanothus lemmonii |
Ceanothus masonii |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–May. | Flowering Feb–Apr. |
Habitat | Rocky slopes and flats, open sites, conifer forests, oak and pine woodlands. | Soils derived from serpentine, chaparral, pine forests. |
Elevation | 200–1300 m. (700–4300 ft.) | 100–500 m. (300–1600 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA
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Discussion | Ceanothus lemmonii occurs in the inner North Coast Ranges, Klamath Mountains, and the western slope of the Cascade Range and northern Sierra Nevada. H. McMinn (1944) reported putative hybrids with C. foliosus, C. integerrimus, and C. oliganthus var. sorediatus. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Ceanothus masonii occurs only at a few localities on Bolinas Ridge, Marin County. With the exception of its leaf morphology, it bears a close resemblance to C. gloriosus var. exaltatus. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 94. | FNA vol. 12, p. 103. |
Parent taxa | Rhamnaceae > Ceanothus > subg. Ceanothus | Rhamnaceae > Ceanothus > subg. Cerastes |
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Name authority | Parry: Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci. 5: 192. (1889) — (as lemmoni) | McMinn: Madroño 6: 171. (1942) |
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